William adamson



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Match Lighten Patented luly 16,. 1867.

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WILLIAM ADAMSON, or PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA. Lam Patent No. 66,770,daad July '16, 1867.

MATCH-LIGHTER.

'ro ALL WIIOM Ir MAY coNonnN:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM ADAMSON, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, haveinvented Yan improved Match- Lighter; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe same,reierence beinghad to the accompanying drawinggvand tothe letters ofreference' marked thereon.

My invention consists, first, of a match-lighter, composed of a strip ofpaper or other material, part of which is sanded or otherwise roughened,and part left plain7 so that the whole may serve the double purpose ofan available match-lighter and advertising-card; second,.my inventionconsists in the combination,` as described hereafter, ofthe sand-paper,the advertising-card, and a piece of mica or glasswhich protects theprinted matter of the said card. i v j In order to enable others to makemyrinventionfI will now proceed to describe the manner of carrying itinto e'ect. On reference to the accompanying drawing, which forms a partof this specificationliigure 1 is a front view of my improvedmatch-lighter.

Figure 2, a sectional viewof the parts detached from each other.

Figure 3, a sectional View of a modification.

Figure 4, a front view of another modification of my invention.

On reference to figs. 1 and 2, which represent the cheapest modificationof my invention, A, is a strip of sand-paper, a portion of which in themiddle is cut away and discarded, leaving a central opening` covered byan advertising-card, B, which is pasted or otherwise secured 'to theback of the sand-paper. The match-lighter', thus manufactured, may benailed at'the corners to a. wall or otherA object in the neighborhood ofa match-box, and thus serve -the twofold purpose of an advertising-cardand available material `against which to rub theA matches to be lighted.If desired, the opening in the strip of sand-paper may be first coveredby a thin piece, C, of mica or glass, theAgadyegtisingfcard adjusted tothe same, and the whole covered by a strip of paper, D, pasted at theback, the printed matter being thus protected by a glass or mica. Thefront face of the advertising match-lighter may be ornamented bypainting, printing, or otherwise marking thereon borders or otherdesigns, or a border of thin metal may be applied, as shown in iig. 4. Iprefer to make the sandpaper stripA and advertising-cards of separatepieces, pasted together in the manner described, but they may consist ofone piece, to one part only of which sand or emery is secured, theotherpart remaining plain for the reception of the advrtisementfwlich may,it' desired, be printed `after Ythe application of the sand or emery tothe other part of the paper. i

Without confining myself to any precise form of sand-paper strip oradvertising-card, I claim as my invention, and dcsirewto secure byLetters Patent, as a new article of mannfaeture-v -1. A match-lighter,consisting-oi` strip of paper or other material, part of which is sandedor otherwise roughened, andupartmleft` plain, furthe purpose specified.

2. The combination, described, of the sand-papegtheadvertising-card, andstrip of glass or mica.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name t'o this specification inthepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

WM. VADAMSON.

Witnesses:

i JOHN WHITE,

W. J. R. DELANY.

